Spitzer sees 19th District as key

Apr. 26, 2006

Written by

GLENN BLAIN
THE JOURNAL NEWS

BEDFORD HILLS — Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, on the eve of a key endorsement for his gubernatorial campaign, briefly turned his attention to one of the Lower Hudson Valley's hottest congressional races.

"The 19th Congressional District is a race we must, must win," Spitzer told the Bedford Democratic Committee, referring to the campaign to unseat Rep. Sue Kelly, R-Katonah.

Spitzer framed the congressional race, as well as his own campaign for governor, as part of an effort to reassert the Democratic Party's "progressive thinking" and its concern for ordinary citizens in the ...